Sabah People's Front Explained

Country:Malaysia
Sabah People's Front
Native Name:Barisan Rakyat Sabah
SPF
Abbreviation:SPF
Founder:Berman Angkap
Foundation:2010
Legalised:8 December 2010
Dissolution:2012
Predecessor:Barisan Rakyat Sabah Bersekutu (BERSEKUTU)
Successor:Sarawak Workers Party (SWP)
Sabah Peace Party (SPP)
Headquarters:Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Colours:Blue, green, red, yellow
Colorcode:blue
Seats1 Title:Dewan Negara
Seats2 Title:Dewan Rakyat
Seats3 Title:Sabah State Legislative Assembly

The Sabah People's Front (SPF) or in Malay: Barisan Rakyat Sabah is a political party in Malaysia formed by former president of Federated Sabah People's Front (BERSEKUTU), Berman Angkap on 8 December 2010 after its dissolution.[1]

SPF's new president Berman Angkap announced that SPF was formed to fulfill the wishes of the peoples of Sabah to recover the rights of the state.[2]

However, in 2012, the SPF was taken over by some former Sarawak Peoples' Party (PRS) members led by dissident leader Sng Chee Hua and turned into the new Sarawak Workers Party (SWP).[3] [4]

In aftermath of the 2013 Malaysian general election (GE13), the SPF party former president Berman Angkap formed and became the president of another new Parti Damai Sabah or Sabah Peace Party (SPP) as its successor,[5] which had contested in the 2020 Sabah state election.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/parti-politik-baru-untuk-sabah/ Parti politik baru untuk Sabah 15 Dis 2010, The Malaysia Insider
  2. News: . Parti Barisan Rakyat Sabah (SPF) - parti politik terbaru. 15 December 2010 . Malay. 13 April 2016.
  3. News: Sabah People's Front reborn as Sarawak Workers Party. Nigel Edgar. The Star. 8 May 2012. 12 June 2018.
  4. Web site: SINGAPORE ELECTIONS . Barisan Rakyat Sabah Bersekutu (English: Federated Sabah People's Front) . 13 April 2016.
  5. News: ROS names 20 new political parties. The Star. 2 September 2013. 8 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Another party comes 'alive'. Leonard Alaza. Daily Express. 17 April 2018. 8 May 2018.